Proposal: Represent ShutterDAO as a sponsor for ETHMilan 2024

Title

Requesting resources to have ShutterDAO as one of the sponsors for ETHMilan 2024, which is set to be the largest ETH and Web3 conference ever held in Italy and will be in Milan from 26-27 September 2024.

The 2023 edition of last year was a huge success, with over 1200 attendees and 22 sponsors coming from 60+ countries. ETHMilan 2024 will host 2000+ people from all over the world to attend the conference and have an incredible time in Milan.

The topics covered during ETHMilan will be technical and aligned with what is being built at Shutter Network. Indeed, the talk that Shutter delivered last year was very appreciated and well attended. Find a recording of the talk delivered by Luis during ETHMilan 2023 here:

Goals

Why Sponsoring?

  • ETHMilan is the leading Italian Web3 Conference and provides an incredible branding opportunity for new interested users and contributors, facilitating the onboarding of a fast-growing community of builders, local companies, and institutions.
  • Italy is a new and growing market of talented builders, developers, and users and ETHMilan is at the forefront of this growth. Sponsoring this conference basically gives easy access to having a strong presence in this ecosystem.
  • Access to unique visibility and awareness opportunities for Shutter DAO to connect with members and supporters who are gonna be at the conference, engaging with a different audience than usual with the goal of onboarding new builders to contribute to RFPs.

Proposal

This proposal seeks to secure Shutter DAO’s position as an official sponsor for ETHMilan 2024 by purchasing one of the conference’s sponsorship packages.

This will provide Shutter DAO with several benefits, including:

  • Brand exposure with an official sponsor booth
  • A speaking slot for a team member or lead contributor to discuss Shutter DAO on the ETHMilan stage
  • Networking opportunities with local builders
  • Marketing and social media exposure

For a growing project like Shutter DAO, it’s crucial to start being more present around conferences and increase attention and exposure. Find here the official ETHMilan sponsorship deck: ETHMilanDeck_2024 - Google Drive

We would like to present the following options to the DAO:

Voting Options

Option 1 - Manzoni Package

Requested Budget:

  • 21.5k USD

This money would be for the “Manzoni” sponsorship package, the second bigger one available for ETHMilan 2024, that includes:

  • 1 Guaranteed 30 min Keynote Talk + 1 Guaranteed 1-hour Panel
  • Large Booth at Venue (4 meters x 2 meters)
  • 30 Conference Pass for Team
  • Large Social Media Promotion
    • 3 Individual mentions and announcements on X throughout the months towards the conference
    • 1 Newsletter mention and 1 logo placement about your product/company
    • Press enhancements with our media partners

Option 2 - Visconti Package

Requested budget:

  • 10.5k USD

This money would be for the “Visconti” sponsorship package, the second bigger one available for ETHMilan 2024, that includes:

  • 1 Guaranteed 15 min Bite Sized Talk + 1 Guaranteed 1-hour Panel
  • Medium Booth at Venue (4 meters x 2 meters)
  • 20 Conference Pass for Team
  • Medium Social Media Promotion
    • 1 Individual sponsor announcements on social media
    • Press enhancements with our media partners

The sponsorship is payable in USDC, USDT, or ETH.

Motivation

With the increasing interest in Shutter DAO, a sponsorship presence at a premier European conference like ETHMilan could provide an excellent opportunity to strengthen community relationships. Such sponsorship can allow for a rich exchange of insights from various perspectives, including core developers, fostering mutual learning.

It also serves as an ideal opportunity to boost awareness and engagement for the project, which can be facilitated through various educational and networking activities designed to spread knowledge, such as talks and engagements at the conference.

Moreover, Italy’s crypto scene is growing fast, with a lot of tech-savvy individuals and developers getting involved in these technologies. This makes Italy an exciting and emerging hub for crypto projects. By sponsoring ETHMilan 2024, Shutter DAO can have the opportunity to connect with this dynamic community and establish itself as a key player in this evolving landscape.

The ETHMilan Team

The team behind ETHMilan is Web3Mi, one of the leading Italian communities dedicated to web3 and Ethereum adoption. Web3Mi has been active since the beginning of 2022 and has done several activities over the past year and a half. In particular, we organized 10+ meetups, ranging from panels, workshops, and networking happy hours, with sponsors ranging from Base, GS3, Binance, Linea, Avalanche, Horizen Labs, and many more.

The team behind Web3Mi comprises more than 7 people, coming from leading Web3 brands such as Transak, Smilee, and TraderJoe.

Expected Outcomes

  • Strengthened community engagement and awareness of the project
  • Onboard new interested community members and builders
  • Increase interest in Shutter DAO RFPs from qualified builders with experience in the space

Platform

Snapshot

Voting Type

  • Single choice voting
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Awesome to see this proposal and looking forward for the community to discuss and vote!

ETHMilan last year was a great event (I had a speaking slot and connected with various international and local defi projects and builders).

I support this proposal, would tend towards option 1.

Sharing a bit of context about other related events …

Overview

Gnosis Chain and brainbot are planning to promote Shutter and support developers at following hackathons in Q3-Q4 2024.

Hackathons

Event Dates brainbot support
ETHGlobal Singapore Sept 20-22 In Person + Remote
ETHGlobal San Francisco Oct 18-20 In Person ??? + Remote
ETHGlobal Bangkok Nov 15-17 In Person + Remote

Challenges

Gnosis Chain and brainbot are planning to offer the following hackathon challenges and award prizes the the best teams / projects.

  • Wallet with integrated Shutter encryption functionality (i.e. MetaMask snap or fork)
  • Web application to encrypt raw transactions (not as good as a wallet, but more flexible at least)
  • Self-deployable RPC proxy server that encrypts transactions for you (to use as a custom provider in a wallet)
  • Analytics about when the next Shutter transactions are scheduled, how many are in the queue, how much they cost, etc
  • Shutterized DEX on Gnosis Chain (with front-end encryption)
  • Shutterized NFT Minting (with front-end encryption)
  • Manual front-running game
  • Add “shutter-lens” to blockscout
  • “MEV explorer” dashboard specifically for Shutterized Gnosis Chain
  • AI-based simulation/stress-testing of Shutter (in collaboration with OLAS)
  • Any cool project that requires some degree of privacy / non-frontrunnability

Support

Gnosis Chain and brainbot are planning to support hackthon teams in person and remotely.

Prizes

Gnosis Chain provided - to be announced

Hello team, thank you all for the great feedback on this proposal.

In the end, we’ve decided to submit a smaller collaboration proposal on Snapshot, which we believe can still make a significant impact without a big financial commitment. We look forward to hearing your thoughts on it.

You can find the proposal here: Snapshot

Update

The proposal on Decent regarding EthMilan sponsorship was passed - 83% Yes, 17% Abstain:

Comment

EthMilan sponsorship includes “Social Media Promotion as a sponsor”. However, Shutter DAO 0x36 does not have a logo, social media accounts or a website. (See: https://shutternetwork.discourse.group/t/create-shutter-dao-0x36-logo-and-website/477.)

As a result, I would recommend that Shutter DAO 0x36 sponsor on behalf of Shutter Network - the entire Shutter community and ecosystem.

Here’s what that would look like …

  • List “Shutter Network” as the sponsor
  • Use the new Shutter Network logo (blue shield)
  • Link to @ShutterNetwork on Twitter
  • Link to the https://www.shutter.network/ website

This is not a significant change, and I do not think it needs a full Snapshot vote. But I would like to hear from the community, so I am creating 2 polls below.

Polls

Poll 1. Sponsorship

  • Sponsor on behalf of Shutter DAO 0x36 (no change)
  • Sponsor on behalf of Shutter Network
0 voters

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Poll 2. Voting Platform

  • The poll above is sufficient
  • Put it to a vote on Snapshot
0 voters

Disclaimer

I am sharing this comment in my personal capacity as an individual member of the Shutter community, and not in my official capacity as an employee of brainbot gmbh.

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